Senior Full Stack Engineer Job 2021

  • Published date: October 18, 2021
  • Category: Engineering
    • Location: Nairobi, Nairobi
  • Jop type:
  • Salary: Ksh Not mentioned
  • Company name: Jobs in Kenya

Job Description



Senior Full Stack Engineer Job, IT Jobs Kenya 2021,



KOKO Networks is a venture-backed technology company currently operating in Kenya and India. Our mission is to imagine and deliver technology that transforms life in the world’s fastest growing cities. We build and deploy cloud-connected “KOKO Points” inside local retail outlets, which provide mass market consumer goods in partnership with major suppliers. Our first solution is liquid ethanol cooking fuel, which offers significant cost savings and quality of life improvements in the multi-billion dollar urban cooking market. In Kenya, this solution is delivered in partnership with Vivo Energy, the operator of Shell-branded fuel infrastructure across Africa. KOKO offers a fast-paced and highly collaborative work environment with significant opportunities for professional growth. We are looking for people who share our passion for technology and our vision for global impact.

Your Role


As KOKO grows within and outside Kenya, our team is looking for experienced full stack engineers to lead development of our cloud based software products, and be responsible for major technical decisions associated with them accountable for their successful execution. 

In this position on the software engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to many customer and internal facing products. KOKO’s suite of products spans multiple technical domains and disciplines in software and hardware, and so experience in end-to-end systems thinking across distributed components is key for this role.





Responsibilities



  • Design, implement and deploy web-based front-end applications and back-end services

  • Lead the delivery of software projects in a team-based environment 

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with business users, product managers, project managers and other engineers to to define, design, scope and ship new features using elegant solutions.

  • Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

  • Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.

  • Help others to improve the quality of their work through regular design and code reviews

  • Deliver new features to production environments and support them in operation

  • Participate in building the engineering culture at KOKO


KOKO’s technology stack currently includes (but is not limited to) AWS, Python, Flask, Vue.js, Postgres, Kotlin, Java, Firebase, C++, Celery, Message Queues, Odoo ERP, Docker, Jenkins, CircleCI, Git.





Qualifications



  • At least four years experience developing applications at enterprise scale using the front and back end technologies in our stack

  • Ability to translate user experience design (mockups, wireframes and user journeys) into code using CSS and scripting frameworks 

  • Ability to develop robust and scalable backend services defined by RESTful APIs in Python

  • Familiarity with Cloud/ SaaS architectures and how to build secure and maintainable services

  • Strong understanding of unit testing, design patterns and usage of tools like profilers

  • Experience with source control and continuous integration tools (We use GIT and Jenkins)

  • Worked in an Agile multi-functional team 

  • Thrive in an environment that requires you to partner with multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers

  • Great oral and written communication skills





What We Offer



  • Competitive salary plus a quarterly cash bonus

  • Annual compensation reviews – we reward great work

  • Discounted health insurance with no-cost financing for you and your dependents (in Kenya)

  • 21 days of annual leave plus public holidays plus examination leave

  • Ongoing investment in you and your skills, incl. full access to over 5,000 online courses

  • The right equipment for the job – a choice of MacBook, Windows, or Linux laptop





KOKO is committed to gender and racial diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply!

 


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